polarity
noun
- description of power in international relations; any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system; describes the nature of the international system at any given period of time
- attribute with two possible values, a basic feature of the universe
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pəˈlæɹɪti/ / [pəˈlɛɹɪɾi]
noun
- The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
“The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion.”
- Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
- The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. ᵂᵖ
- The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ
- Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ
- A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ
“positive and negative polarity”
“The experiment tested the polarity of the electrical current.”
- The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.
- The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ
- A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ
- An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ
- Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ
“political polarity”
- The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ
- Ellipsis of magnetic polarity.
- Ellipsis of trilinear polarity.